To confirm my admiration of Boldin’s practice habits, I asked Jim Harbaugh about it today to start off his media session:

Yesterday, I was just noticing WR Anquan Boldin how he practices and just what that means. Just him on the field and the way he goes about his nature. They were doing just warm-up drills, he dropped a ball, goes back in line to do it over again so he can get the catch. What does that shows to the rest of the team?

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“A-plus, plus, at all times. Anquan is the prototypical guy that way. Comes to practice, goes straight home, comes back and kicks butt the next day. And then he goes home, comes back and kicks butt again. You feel showered by the attributes that he has in terms of seriousness of being great, and seriousness of our team improving and winning, in all regards. Everything he does.”

Do you see him taking a WR Quinton Patton or a WR Bruce Ellington, young guys, do you see him working with those guys, whether it’s out here, in the film room, those types of things?

“The young guys, and everybody, really. You watch Anquan and you take things from him every day. That’s just being smart. But he goes a step past that. He will go up and talk to a guy, whether it’s the quarterback or the wide receiver, an offensive player. I’ve even seen him do it with defensive backs, and he’ll give them a tip. It gets quiet when he’s talking because people are listening.”

one of the best pick ups for the forty niners organization. A good person that keeps his nose clean, helps the community and is a family man. A good football player that stays hungry and practices what he preaches but a quiet leader on the team.

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And when he signs a contract, he honors it. Won’t see that guy hold out unless his contract is expired.